Update...Hat Study

Here's my hat study with pastels added. The support is gray canson...I'm getting used to using this paper and actually like it. I'm going to crop it to 8x10. The shirt was white, so I used different hues (colors), but kept the same values...which is important in painting. I'm not completely satisfied with it, but I learned a lot while painting it. The photo doesn't do it justice...it looks so much better IRL.

On My Easel

I thought I would show you what I have started to work on. This is a charcoal sketch that I hope to add pastels to today. I took a picture of K in our backyard with this hat on. I've decided that I need to work larger, so there won't be as many painting post. This will be 8 1/2 x 11 when it is finished.

Look What Chance Found!

Chance found this snake skin yesterday by the driveway. At first, I couldn't tell what he was so interested in...until I got closer. Yikes! My nephew came over and said he thought it was a water moccasin...just what we need in our yard!

Flowers

Antique rose bud
Buttercup

more bluebonnets

I just love my new camera! Here are some of the pictures I took today while the sun was out. The first one is another rose from my antique rose bush. I really like how the background blurred and made it soft looking. The second one is just a plain old spring buttercup...I saw them this morning and it reminded me of when I was a little girl...I would pick buttercups and rub them in my sisters (I have 3) noses, so they would have a yellow spot on the tip of their nose. hehehe I was very mischievous as a child. lol The third picture is more of my neighbors bluebonnets.

Bluebonnets

I took this picture yesterday of our neighbors bluebonnets. It has been cloudy for the past couple of days and looks like it will be that way most of the week. The sun came out yesterday around 4p.m. for about 15 minutes, so I ran outside to get a quick shot of her flowers. I like how I was able to blur the background.

First Rose

This is a rose from the antique rose bush my OD (oldest daughter) gave me. I took a lot of pictures of this first rose.

Chance

Hubby bought me a Canon Rebel XTi for my birthday, so I have been playing with it all week! Here's a picture of Chance waiting to lick the dish my strawberry cheesecake was in. He's just too cute!